Background
Dickey, John was born on June 23, 1794 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
Dickey, John was born on June 23, 1794 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
He was appointed postmaster of Old Brighton, Pennsylvania, on April 11, 1818, and served until May 17, 1821. He served as sheriff from 1824 to 1827. Dickey was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress.
He was again elected to the Thirtieth Congress.
He was appointed United States Marshal for the western district of Pennsylvania on January 22, 1852. He died in Beaver, Pennsylvania, in 1853.
Interment in the Old Cemetery.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1835 and 1837.